30 Mart 2016 Çarşamba

Free Software and Linux Days 2016 - İstanbul, Turkey

Free Software and Linux days is a local event that brings together the community of free software in Turkey. One can find a lot of people and (unfortunately) a few company supporting free softwares. I participate this event since 2013 and i love to be there every time.We have appliedfora working groupmeeting on "LibreOffice Development and Extensification Works in Turkey" and our application was accepted. I think people need encourage to start contributing major project like LibreOffice. We were there to show thatsomeones working on LibreOfficein Turkey. We talk about our contribution stories. At the end of the session we talked with attendees why people don't contribute the LibreOffice in our country. Our meetingwas attended by about30 people. The results are following:

Freesoftwares are notpromotedenough.

No time to contributing the free softwares (workers inother jobs)

Do not dare (students)

Don't know how to start

Our time was not enough for what we want to talkat all. I think people who never contribute the major free sofwares, don't know how nice feeling to be in LibreOffice community. I know that we need organize moreworkshopforpeopleto experiencethisfeeling.

The contributing LibreOffice is a war of libertation. We have to spare time to win our freedom.